The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-24 00:00:00

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We loge to hear the Bishops speak on any questions of humanity or justice, be- cause they are then sure to furnish arguments against them soives. Their conduct is so much at variance with their doctrines, that whenever they, forgetting the necessity of always defending, the Church, come from behind their brist ling fortifications, to assail the want of charity, or the rapa city of others, they throw open their citadel to their ene mies. Then we put down their words with care—then we scrupulously weigh their meaning—and then we ask them, how their condemnation of other unjust men sanctifies their 4,wn conduct ? He said " He was not quite sure that the interests of humanity ought not to prevail against the interests of, the planters. If the safety of the Colonies were to he considered as dependent upon the frame of mind of the population at the end of the ap prenticeship system, and if any danger were likely to result from the exasperated feelings of the population, when that ter mination should arrive, he thought there was less danger likely to result now than if they waited for a few years longer before they put an end to the system." Now, if we alter the words a little, what answer can the Bishop give to the question—why should not the interests of humanity prevail over the interests of Bishops and of Dea.ls and Chapters ? Why are these classes to monopo lize t,l2'e bulk of the wealth devoted in past times to the purpose ,of teaching the whole people, so that it is now ex- - elusively ,wpropriated by that one sect to which the Bishop belctigs ? Why should not the Catholics and the Dissenters, ‘ ., g do are as much Englishmen, and have as much right to th e property devoted to purposes of religious instruction as the n.`embers of the Church of England, have a full share of it ? In fact, Catholics devoted the pro perty for Catholics ; ant. l if the general interests of humanity require that the whole people should receive religious in struction, surely all the people should have a share of this wealth as well as the Bishop, arid the sect who agree with him in opinion? Why should this Bishop, too, if the .4 . oterests of humanity, of justice, and religion ought to prevail over those of the Bishops, have 14,0001. a year, while nearly a million of his flock, as he says, are hunger ing for the bread of life, and have no pastors to supp l y i t ,' ;.? Why, also, if the interests of humanity are to prevail over the interests of the priesthood, should the Rectors of the metropolis, several of whom have large in comes and no congregations, with this very Bishop at their head, oppose, with all their might, the removal of cemete ries from our crowded streets, which surely the interests of humanity—the health and good moral feeling of the people require—merely because the fees they now receive would be lost ? In these instances we find, and they might by multipled, the interests of the priesthood of the Established Church prevailing over the interests of the humanity, and the interests of religion, and the interests of morality, contrary to what the Bishop of LONDON laid .down in the House of Lords last night. But there is another part. of the extract worthy of com ment. "If the safety of the Church, we may ask, changing fe.w terms, be considered as dependent on the frame of mind of the Dissenters, and if any danger be likely to re sult from their exasperated feelings, will there not be less danger from at once putting an end to those feelings, than from continuing them a few years longer ?" But the Dissenters are outraged by the Church-rates, by prosecu tions in Ecclesiastical Courts, and by various exactions of the Church, which are in principle, though not in degree the ,same, as those inflicted by the planters on the slaves ; and w I ,y does the Bishop and his co-Priests of the Establish mein so vehemently oppose giving relief to the Dissenters, and l iutting an end to their exasperated feelings ? The answer' is plain : the Bishops stand in the same relation to the Dissenters as the planters do to their slaves, and both tenaciously and blindly prefer their own interests to the in terests of humanity and justice. The Bishop also talked a good deal about the compact entered into tetween the planters and the Legislature, and after a good deal of see-saw the Bishop came to the con elusion that the planters had been well enough paid ; that the compact might be rescinded if the planters had violated it ; and that the public welfare would he promoted by the immediate emancipation of the negroes. we are quite sure that the Bishops and their friends have, like the planters, got more than they deserved. There is, too, another compact entered into by the Legislature than this with the planter. The Clergy have, at least, presumed a .compact, and have cried out bitterly, because individuals e attempted, as the Clergy say, to set it aside. In the year :833, an improvement was effected in the Church of Ireland ; and ever since the Bishops and their friends have intiated . :at the alterations then made were a compact out the Legislature from making fuethei imFiges." L in that Church. Of course, in all the. eofqdct 'o4:4lliot\ nature b e t ween th e Church and the L eg ishittp:l:l" ways been implied that the Church A s td &s::,.:4lotffitZ o the people, that it should put an I ~.SAL9l)ltftiaileii; t non-residence should be done away, 1 that each Clergyman should do the duties for which he is paid —all these implied parts of the compact between the Church and the State have been as completely neglected by the Church as the planters have neglected to perform their duty to the apprentices. We rejoice much, therefore, to have it so explicitly stated by the Bishop of LONDON, that the violation of a compact by one of the parties, that neg lecting the duties implied by the Legislature releases the Legislature from the obligation of observing its stipulations ; above all, we are glad to learn from the Bishop, that the welfare of the public—the soothing the minds of the un justly treated people, the interests of humanity—ought to be more considered than the interests of priests and planters. We should like to see the Bishep applying these doctrines to the Corn Laws ; and, in default of his and his co-Bishops doing this, let us observe that the int e rests of humanity require that the people should not be de prived of bread to enrich corn-growers and tithe owners. We delight in catching a Bishop espousing the cause of justice, for then he is sure to convict himself. The question of the abolition of Negro Apprenticeship on the Ist of August next, was again the leading subject of discussion in the House of Lords last night. With equal surprise and pleasure will the country learn that while the cause of justice, of freedom, and of mercy found powerful advocates in Lord BROUGHAM, the Bishop of LONDON, Lord WHARNCLIFFE, and the Marquis of SLIGO, there was not a voice raised in extenuation of the cruelty oi the planters—not a hope expressed that the legal duration of their tyranny would not be diminished—not a syllable uttered with a view to imply or convey a conviction that they had not shamefully, wantonly, and outrageously vio lated the compact under which Parliament had granted Twenty Millions sterling to purchase the freedom of the coloured race. It is true that the Bishop of LONDON in timated that he was not himself convinced that all the planters had violated the Parliamentary compact, and that he would scruple to punish an innocent minority for the sins of a guilty majority ; but the Right Reverend Prelate did away with his own objection when he stated that, in the opinion of the people of this country, Twenty Millions was a large enough sum to pay for immediate and unrestricted emancipation of the Negroes, and likewise that his Lordship was himself convinced that the safety of the colonies and the interests of the mother country would be best consulted by setting the slaves at liberty. The plan ters, and not the people of England, are the violators of the compact between this country and the colonial slave holders. From the moment the Emancipation Act was passed, a large body of the West Indian planters did every thing in their power to render such of its provisions as ex tended the immunities of the coloured race of no effect. In a dispatch from Lord GLENELG to the Governors of the West Indian Islands, dated the 13th of May, 1837, the Noble Colonial Secretary states, on the authority of Mr. LIGHT, that Negroes leaving one British colony for) another in search of employment, were conveyed clan destinely to Crabbe Island, and there, though pre-4 viously free, sold to the Spaniards as slaves. Thei persons engaged in this horrible traffic—almost unknown.l before the passing of the Emancipation Act—were planters who had received the compensation for thei? slaves voted by Parliament, and in many instances the! redemption money at which the poor Africans fancied they had purchased a discharge of the bond of apprenticeship. gI their ea: them e i r me c o u nfl l a vo r igc , gt a ieo c d l n d a r n e f addressed d , ,a mn b y y a s i G oi efrodes,-ieer offence. r the ni i e r at L r efroaoudNinteii fourth . 1 . circulate SMITH,Ina: to the Special Magistrates of Jamaica, dated the 16th of May 1837, his Excellency complains that flogging through out the Island was not diminished, and that men and women were flogged, contrary to the instructions of the Executive, for the most frivolous offences. Decrease of crime had only led to increase of corporal punishment. In another circular, dated the 2d of Jane, 1837, his Excel lency charge; the planters with causing the apprentices to be seized by the police . and Maroons on frivolous pretexts, of their intending - to disturb the public peace—merely to t third circular, dated the 22d of July, his Excellency repu• diates as a common practice of the Plenters and Magisa trates the loading of apprentices with irons, previous t 1 dated the 29th of December, the Governor refers to itt stances in which women in an advanced state of pregnancy were tied on the treadmill, and their delivery prematurely and sometimes fatally accelerated by the whip—at the same time ordering the discontinuance of such cruelty. In De cember last the Jamaica House of Assembly—after re peated refusals to revise the Colonial Code of that island, so as to adapt it to the altered state of affairs, as recom mended by Lord GLENELG in a dispatch of the 6th of November—terminated its labours for the session, by the adoption of a Police Bill which actually neutralized, and de facto abrogated, the ghost essential provisions of the Emancipation Act of the Imperial Parliament! It was to no purpose that the Governor remonstrated—moved an adjournment—and even cited the letter of his instruc tions from England. The Colonial Legislature per sisted, at the hazard of provoking a general insurrec tion ; and thus, in the face of all Europe, violated the solemn pact between the planters and the people of England. Were other proofs necessary, we might supply them to repletion from the evidence taken before her MA JESTY'S Commissioners, Messrs. GORDON and DAUGHTIEY, in Jamaica, since the Ist of September last. As the Government is perfectly acquainted with the cruelty and dishonesty of the planters—with the moral fitness of the slaves to enter immediately upon the enjoy ment of their liberty—and with the strong religious feeling that prevails throughout the United Kingdom upon this subject, we cannot believe that any official objection will be made to the abolition of the apprentice ship system from the Ist of August next. Ministers must see, as well as the Bishop of LONDON, the rich harvest of gratitude which they would derive from ♦oluntarily abolishing an apprenticeship, which was only adopted in order to prepare the Negroes for the enjoy ment of liberty. Such an act would for ever win for her Majesty and the Imperial Parliament the entire and unchanging devotion of the coloured race. Besides, Ministers should remember that in the opinion of a Noble man whose practical experience exceeds that of any other Member of the Legislature—we mean the Marquis of SLlGo—the apprenticeship system will be abolished by force, if not by reason, before the expiration of the period fixed by the Emancipation Act. GOD forbid that the Government shGuld be so blind as to leave the per fecting of so Christian a work as the freedom of the Negro to be effected by violence, after the vast sacrifices made to accomplish so holy a purpose by the generous, enlightened, and humane inhabitants of the United Kingdom! The Hampstead Necropolis Bill, which has been four days in Committee, and is adjourned to Tuesday next, is one whis. - -11, however it may be with the Commons, will cer tainly never' ba allowed to pass the Lords, who will reject it, on the same principle that they rejected it last session— namely, " that no public advantage could be derived from its adoption." It is, indeed, a measure of the most value less character, except to certain interested parties ; ,end by proposing, as it does, to enclose seventy-five acres of ;and within a mile of that thickly-peopled neighbourlood called Somers-town, is sure to be attended with the greatest practical inconvenience to the public. The neighbourhood of Hampstead is now the only healthy, rural Jocality, left within an easy walking distance of the metropolis; and if a great portion of this is to be shut out from that numerous and toil-worn class of the community, who require, as a matter of necessity, fresh air and exercise on the Sunday, what means of enjoyment have they left them, except such factitious and demoralizing ones as may be furnished by the gin -shop, or the close, smoky atmosphere of the pot house ? We trust that all liberal Members in the House of Commons will rally in vigorous opposition to this ,despotic measure, which is based on injustice—and that wiprst spat-its of injustice which affects the more helpless and un protected ela,sses of society. The Glass Dukies Bill was read a second time in the House of Commons last night. M s . F. FRENCH made e bold push to get of the duty e n glass altogether, and under other financial eirc-amstanc es we should have re gretted his failure ; but in the present state of the revenue, it is utterly in vain to expect the abolition of this or, in deed, any other tax. We think the Government has done all that it can be reasonably called upon at present to do in this matter. It has introduced a Bill, the object of which is to consolidate into one consistent Act the various laws relating to the manufacture of glass, and to make the regu- lations required for the protection of the [revenue as little burdensome as possible to the manufacturer. In order to do this, with the best effect, the Bill, which was prepared some time ago, was submitted to the trade, and their sug• gestions have been attended to, as far as the interests of the Exchequer would permit. The duty, it must be borne in mind, was very considerably reduced not long ago, and we are glad to find that this reduction has been followed by the most beneficial effects . Smuggling, in its various forms, which, in this article prevailed to a great extent, has been almost entirely suppressed. The answer which Sir ROBERT PEEL will give on Mon day to the question of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, relative to the Irish Municipal Bill, will decide what course the Tories intend to pursue on the two great points on which they and the Government are at issue. Report says, it is not their intention to renew the motion for the abolition of all Municipal Corporations in Ireland ; and that they begin to see that the Irish may manage their Municipal affairs without pulling down the Protestant Church. We should not wonder if they also begin to see that a few thousand pounds a-year may be taken out of the ecclesiastical funds, and devoted to the moral and re ligious instruction of the people, without endangering either religion or morality. It is impossible to say what wonders the speech of Lord JOHN RUSSELL against the Ballot and town Constituencies may work. Though Lord ELIoT's motion for Tuesday stands sixth on the list, there is no doubt, we believe, that it will be brought forward on that day, and that the public business will be postponed to allow the Noble Lord and the Tories to make their party attack. All the Members of the House of Commons, therefore, who do not desire to gratify the Tories with a triumph, as well as an oppor tunity of making a display, will be careful to:attend on that day. The Ministers may be blamed for not having done enough for Spain, but only the pusillanimous Tories who will find no support in the country blame them for having done too much. They will be defeated, and the attempt will only be another proof of their great desire to embarrass the Government, and get hold of office at the expense of public disaster, without the power to attain their object. In recurring to the discussion on the Poor-law, which took place in the House of Lords on Tuesday, we may ob serve that Lord STANHOPE'S hint, that it would take him forty nights to lay open all the horrors of the new sys tem, is one of the most formidable announcements we ever remember to have heard. A lecture or two we can put up with, but a six weeks' course, even with all the Noble Earl's capacity of entertainment, is rather too much of a good thing. The plan adopted by Lord STANHOPE is no doubt admirably suited to the purpose of interminable dis cussion. Any other person having in view to alter, amend, or repeal any given law, would have at once come to the point by moving, after showing the evils arising out of the law, for a Committee of Inquiry. Any man, who had con- fidence in the soundness of his cause, would have pursued that course. But the Noble Earl ; having before his eyes the unhappy catastrophe of Mr. JOHN WALTER, who broke down with such a crash while carrying on, by regular approach, his celebrated attack on the Poor-law, has deemed it expedient to resort to operations of a different description. He has opened an establishment for Poor-law grievances, and advertised for cases—if ano nymous so much the better—to be nightly served up in the House of Lords. Let any one cast a glance at the rig marole speech deliverd by his Lordship on Tuesday night, and say whether we are not strictly warranted in what we have said. Was there ever uttered such a farrago of unauthenticated statement, blundering assertion, and impotent reasoning? Take one instance of the Noble Lord's competency for investigating the comparative merits of the old and the new systems. Among the horrible at trocities perpetrated by the administrators of the new Poor law, the Noble grievance-monger related a case in which men had been yoked like brutes to a sand -cart, when, lo ! it turned. out that this transaction took place under the old law ! But enough of this man's absurdities. Let us now see what opinion of the New Poor-law has been formed by those whose qua',lfications for judging, and opportunities of observation, are somewhat different from his. The testi mony of Lord BROUGHAM, who gave a masterly expo sition of the new system, we pass by for the present, as the Noble and Learned Lord having been the originator o f the law, may be considered by some as not quite an impar tial judge in the case. Lord BROUGHAM was followed by Lord STRADBROLE, who thus expressed himself : In Suffolk, Norfolk, and Sussex, the condition of the lower classes had been lately much improved ; there was a great de crease of crime, a great increase of comfort, and instead of the workhouses being filled with able-bodied labourers, there was a less number of paupers in the Unions than was ever before known. It was folly to say that people were forced into those unions or priso ns, as they were termed, as there was not half the number then in the work houses that there was before the passing of the New Poor-law. The Noble Lord then referred to some docu ments to show that although the farmers in the counties to which he had alluded enjoyed a great reduction in the poor rates, more out. door relief had been granted of late than at any period prior to the passing of the Act. In one parish from which he had seen an account, it appeared that not a single able-bodied man was out of employment or in the workhouse. In fact, it was notorious in many parts of the country, that in consequence of the improved condition of la bourers, the rents of cottages had increased of late." There is perhaps not a man in the Kingdom so well qua lified as the Duke of RICHMOND is for pronouncing an opinion on the merits of this Act. The Noble Duke has devoted much time and labour to the duties of Chairman of the Board of Guardians in the district in which he re sides. He has thus been in the very midst of the details —has seen with his own eyes the working and the effects of the law—and what is the result of his Grace's expe rience ?—(Hear.) " He would declare, though he was well aware and did not care how unpopular the assertion might he, that on his honour and conscience he believed a Bill never received the Royal as sent which had done more good to the morals of the people of England._( Hear, hear.) It had rendered the labourers of the country independent, and would have the effect of even tually raising the price of wages throughout the country." Lord COLCHESTER, who has been for two years Chair man of a Board of Guardians, stated that " from what he had seen of the working of the Bill, he was persuaded of the justice of its principle, and of its benefit to the labour ing population of the country ; but at the same time he did not think the effects were so universally great as its suppor ters seemed to imagine. He was sorry to admit that du ring the last winter great deprivations had been suffered in Sussex, arising a good deal from the terror in which the workhouses were held, and without just cause ; for he was convinced that in them the poor were better clothed, more substantially fed, and better taken care of, than they could possibly be by their own families.—( Hear, hear.) And this especially was the case with reference to children, who were not only taught reading and writing, but also trades, in a manner which never could be the case in their parents' cottages." To the same effect is the testimony of the Bishop of CHIcHEBTER, who observed that "he must be permitted to say, that the poor-house to which the Noble Duke (the Duke of RICHMOND) had referred was within his own eye d ial observation, and that it had been his good fortune to be owe of the clergy desired to visit it and to examine the chill-en, and he could testify that he was utterly surprised at the Admirable manner in which they went through that examin a tion, for that though there were between 80 and country. a 90 chili Ir y e_n y o e f t boththeir s eaxnessw—eras would fleeting h a body, o andne honourchanging every da to any porn rn h With regard to the diet, e in th e wea ther the surge on d rested a richer diet for the poor, and had wit nessed a ni-i nifest care taken by Guardians for the comforts el : n d esnete s n that honl during iin the a chchance of the inmatcs of the workhouse udder their charge. He should not ht tve done justice to his own mind, to the poor, or to ;the Guxtrdians, if he had not thus testified the excel lence of &he a vraagements in the workhouse to which the Noble Mike (.RICHMOND) had alluded." Lord 'WY s WAD, whom nobody will accuse of undue partiality for the new Law, was compelled by the force of truth to,confess that, from an uncompromising enemy, he had been transmuted into a friend of the Act. "He was far from b e i t ig desirous of having the Poor Law Bill re pealed, for he thought that it had done' a great deal of good,l'put,thesrewere some points in it which he thought required A lteration," ,L o ol itititNTLIFFE wound up the debate by adminis• tering the collowing severe but just rebuke to Lord STAN- Hem, by wlsich we trust he will profit. " disapproved of the course which had been pursued by the Noble ,Earl ( Stanhope), as the Noble Earl had refused to move for a Committee of Inquiry into the charges he had brought fo.Tytard. The Noble Earl had made certain charges, price 2s. 6d., No. 11. of Y CHRONICLE ARTICLES. ' Negro Apprenticeship. Coal Monopoly. Reviews, Music, Notes, Sic. &c. &c. t, Orme, and Co. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1838 and he called upon him to make tkose charges good, as they tended to injure the feelings and character of individuals. All those charges - affected the principle of the Bill, and they ought all therefore to be inquired into. The course pursued was unfair, and unless those who made those charges against individuals who had a delicate and important duty to perform came forward and proved their truth, the fair and manly course was to make no complaint at all." Upon the whole, we have no doubt that the late discus sion in the House of Lords will do much to dispel the false notions which are abroad on the subject of the Poor Law. In that House, even upon Lord STANHOPR'S own showing, there are forty or fifty Peers who are members of Boards of Guardians. They cannot be ignorant of the operation of the law which they are engaged in practically administer ing ; nor can they have any rational motive for blinking the truth. Their testimony, therefore, unbiassed as it must be, will have its due weight with the country. The Paris Journals of Thursday contain very little news of any interest. In the official columns of the Moniteur, we find the following telegraphic announcement, of a most extraordinary election in Corsica ; " TOULON, MARCH 19. " THE PREFECT OF MARINE TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE. " Bastia (in Corsica) elected as its representative in the Chamber of Deputies, in the room of General Horace Sebas tiani, General Paoli, who died long (21 years) since in Eng land I The electors understood well that this nomination would be annulled, and had resolved upon it only to gain time in order to agree upon their definitive choice." Such a return could not be made in England, but " they manage these things differently in France." The Govern ment is employed in sending large reinforcements to Africa without waiting for the decision of the Chamber. The following are extracts from the Journals : MADRID, MARCH 14.—( Private Correspondence of the Constitutionnel. )—Yesterday evening, Generals Cordova and Seoane were summoned to the Royal Palace, and had a long conference with the Queen Regent, and M. Ofalia, who pro posed to the former the command of the army, and to the lat ter that of Madrid. They both accepted, but on condition that Espartero should be re-called to Madrid, before his com mand was taken from him. A courier has been dispatched to the Army of the North, but it is doubted whether . Espartero will fall into the snare. _ . . ..... ..... ....,, ..... -.....— We find the following passage in the Commerce Beige of Tuesday : M. Wittock, the Cabinet messenger, arrived yesterday evening express from London. We learn that he is the bearer of important dispatches, some relative to the diplomatic nego ciations of the Cabinet of the Hague, the others to commercial negociations between Belgium and Great Britain. In fact, we see in the English Journals of the 17th, that M. Van de Weyer transacted business on the 16th with the President of the Board of Trade. Our readers will remember that we announced, three days ago, that a treaty of navigation and commerce between Great Britain and Belgium was about to be negotiated. And what does France, which saved Belgium, obtain by the efforts of its Government? The National has the following paragraph : " A fact worthy of attention took place in the sittin g of the Academy of Sciences on Monday. The Minister of War asked for instructions for a scientific expedition to the Regency of Algiers. Mr. Boryder St. Vincent very warmly urged the propriety of beginning the observations with Constantine and its enviruns, because, said he, that France will not much longer occupy the territory of Constantine. The words spoken in the Academy are certainly very far from having an official charac ter ; but they are not wholly without value, when we con sider the habitual intercourse of the Speaker with the 'War Department. Can it be seriously in contemplation to aban don our new conquest? Can it be so soon forgotten what the occupation of Constantine has cost France?"-Le Commerce. FRENCH FUNDS.--Pasts, AIARCII 22. Five per Cents., 107 f. 7.5 c. 65c. 90c. 80c. Four per Cents., 10If. 90c. Three per Cents., 80f. 115 e. 30c. Bank Actions, 2,650 f. 2,660 f. 2,650 f. dente de Naples, 99f. 30c. Roman Five per Cents.. lel% %3,. Spanish Actives, 20% )4}6. Spanish Passives, 4%4. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 104%. Belgian Bank, 1,475 t. 1,48511 1,4901. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 1914. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 5534. Haytian Loan. 400 f. EICDANOR ON LONDON. Onemonth, paper, 25f. 50c ; money, 25t. sne Three months, paper, 25f. 37 ; inoney, 25f. 37%c. "LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 107 f. 90c. Three per Cents. SOf. 35c. Bank Actions, 2 , 650 f. Romans, 101 Belgian Loan, 104%. Belgian Bank, 1,40 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 19%. Haytian Loan, 400 f. Spanish Actives, 2039. Spanish Passives, 436. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY), TWEL VE O'CLOCK. The British Funds were rather heavy yesterday towards the close of the market, and receded, for Money, from 931 to 93i ; for Account, emsed at 93i }, after having been 931 This heaviness may be at tributed, no doubt, to the disappointment of some of the principal :pecu lators, as they made certain that the King of 11.liand had signed the 24 articles of the treaty. Consols opened this morning at 93 Money ; Account, 93 %i ; Exchequer Bills, 62 64 prem. ; !Elia Bonds, 64 66 prem. ; Bank Bank Stock for opening, 209 i. In the Foreign Market most of the Stocks closed also heavy; Spanish Active, 21 opened at 20i 4 ; Portuguese, 29f 30} ; Three per Cents., l 9 20i ; Brazilian, 79E; Colombian, 28i ; Mexican, 271 29 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 54 4. - - - - The papers and letters by the New York packet of the Ist inst. are not expected till late this evening. The lelgion Journal do Commerce states that a Cabinet courier ar. rived at Brussels coming from London, and it is stated that he is the bearer of important despatches—one of which relates to the diplomatic negotiations with the Cabinet of the Hague ; the other to mercantile affairs between Belgium and Great Britain. It is expected that in the course of next month three millions sterling in specie will be remitted to the United States. The Foreign Exchanges were rather heavy yesterday afternoon. A Charleston paper of the 25th ult. has been received at Liverpool. The following are extracts : CorroN.—The scarcity of vessels, and the present high rate of freights continue to affect our operations in upland Cotton, and the markets having been very unsettled since our last, sales have been effected at a decline. -- -------- " STOCKS.—The Stock market continues languid—the only trans. action of any amount is about 20 shares State Bank, at auction, at 111 dollars per share. " Bills on Enghnd 6to 64 per cent. prem. On France we have no change to notice." PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock — India Stock — 3 per Cent. tied. — Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 93% South Sea Stuck — 3 44 per Cent. — Old Annnities Ditto Red New 344 per Cent lOl 100% 113 per Cent. Annuities, 1751.,. New 5 per Cent Bank LongAnnuitiestoexpire Ditto 500 63 65 pm. Jan. 5, 1860.... — Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859 —' Ditto Commercial . ..... ... pm. Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised.pm Jan. 5, 1880 ............. April 5, 1880 . — India Stock for Account 266 Jan. 5, (870 — I Consols for Account PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds ....—.... .......... 103 N Ditto Account ..... - ..... Ditto Account • Portugueseßonds Brazilian Sends '76% 9 Ditto Account — Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Account . Chillian Bonds ......... Ditto Account ..... ........... Russian Benda, 1822 Columbian Bonds ...... ...... ..... 27 Ditto Account ......... Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic. — C ilumbian Bonds, 1821 Ditto Account Ditto Account -..— I) finish Bonds ...., ....., ...... Ditto Bonds,lB3l 20% Ditto Account — Ditto Account 2 0 34% Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent.......... —f. —c. Ditto Bends, 1625 — ---- 4 per cent. —; —c. Ditto Account ---- 3 per cent. —l —c. Mexican Bonvis, 5 per cent — ----- Exchange -..f. —c. Ditto Account ................ Dutch, 2% per cent ...541%ii %IA 4 Ditto, 6 per cent ...... ...... 27%44 Ditto Account 54%4%)4 Ditto Account — Ditto, S per cent.... 103 1 4 2% % N Neapolitan Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issued at 51. pm.) 20 23 British Iron Company English Mining Company 12% 1214 Eastern Counties Railway 5 4n, 5 Great Western Railway Company 65 914234 9054 Brighton Railway Company London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway Company 9O 177 5 Manchester and Birmingham Railway 7 10% 9 3 4 10 Northern and Eastern Railway Company ... Asphalte .. London and Westminster Bank 2O 21 1 ,4 1 A4 London Joint Stock Bank 7 7% COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam C.F. 12 13 Gibraltar 4B Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Genoa 26 20 Antwerp... M.B. 13 14% Altona.. Paris, 3 days' sigh 25 70 Ditto 3 Ms. 2G 0 Marseilles. Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, ELM 154 Petersbuigh, ruble 3 Us. 10 Berlin Vienna, effective fl 2 51. 10 14 Venice 46 Naples 3S Palermo per oz. 115 Lisbon 53% Oporto 53% Rio Janeiro 2B Bahia 25 Buenos Ayres -- Dublin, 21 days' sight ...... Cork ............ ..... ...... ......... , I% _ . Trieste......ditto lO 16 PRICE OF BULLION, PER O. Madrid 35 Portugal Gold, coin ..i.3 14 6 Cadiz.... Bilboa .. B ircelona S2ville 34 !Sil ver , b ars, standard 0 4 11K PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 9.2. 3 per Cent. Consols 92% Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent 91% Ditto Reduced Ditto, 4 per cent. 3}4 per Cent. Stock 99% Hibernian Bank 23 Ditto New, 1330 .. 3w per Cent. Debentures - Bank Stock - Royal Canal Stock - Ballast Office Debentures,4 per Grand Canal Stock 29% cent --- HALF-PAST ORE O'CLOCK. Up to the present hour no papers or letters have been received by the New York packet of the I►t inst. The Post-office steamer has gone to meet the packet, to take the letters and papers ; and they are not ex pected until to-morrow in London. Both the British and Foreign markets are heavy this afternoon, with little doing in either of them. Consols are 931 for the Account, and 93; for Money. Exchequer Bills, 63 65. India Bonds, 64. Bank Stock for the Opening, 2091. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active heavy, owing to their coming lower from Paris, 20a ; Portuguese, 491; Three per :Cents., '2O ; Mexican, 27 ; Columbian, 24 In Dutch Stock a good deal has been done, and may be quoted 54i ; Brazil, 781 79. In Shares little doing, except in Asphalte, which reached 43, at Pre sent 19. eonsols for the Account, 981. THREE O'CLOCK. IMPRISONMENT OF ANEWSPAPER.—"The Mode, a light Carlist Journal, has been condemned, for an article reflecting on the Royal Family, to a year's imprison ment and 6001. fine.—Morning Chronicle. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) MILLINGTON V. FOX.--JUDGMENT. The Loan CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this case, the arguments in which were concluded yesterday. The case came before the Court upon the hearing of the cause. The bill was originally filed by the plaintiffs, who are large manufacturers of iron in Sheffield, against the defendants, who are extensive iron dealers at Newcastle, for the purpose of obtaining the injunction of the Court to restrain the defen dants from using certain marks on the iron which they sold, which be longed to the plaintiffs. His Lordship said that the sole object he had in view in deferring giving judgment yesterday, was for the purpose of looking at the pleadings relative to the question of costs. Upon the ques tion of the title of thelplaintifik:to the marks used by the defendants, there could be no doubt that the plaintiffs had the right to the assistance of the Court to proteet that right, at the same time the present case was one widely different from the case of a fraudulent use of the marks by the defendants. His Lordship could see no reason whatever to lead to the conclusion that the defendants were at all aware of the existence of the plaintiffs as a Company for manufacturing steel, or that they were violating their rights. There was no evidence whatever to their having any fraudulent intention in the use of the name; but that did not deprive the plaintiffs of their right which had been established to the exclusive use of the name. Under these circumstances his Lordship felt himself bound to decree the injunction to be perpetual ; but looking at all the other circumstances of the case, looking at the letters that had passed between the parties, his Lordship felt bound to make that decree without costs on either side. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) KEEP V. ABBOTT. The Bill in this case was filed for the specific performance of an agreement, dated March, 1836, for the sale of a small piece of garden ground in Southwell, Nottingham, being (as the plaintiff contended), thirteen yards in width, and eighteen yards in length, and in which was standing a carriage -shed, pig.sty, manure place, and privy. The plain tiff, a member of a Dissenting congregation, by his Bill, stated that the present Chapel at Southwell being much too small, it was intended to build a larger Chapel, and for that purpose he entered into the agreement with the defendant for the pur chase of the ground in question, it being in a central situation. The dispute between the plaintiffand defendant was whether the ground on which the carriage-shed, pig-sty, manure place, and privy stood, were included in the agreement. The defendant, who was a livery-stable keeper and beer-seller, stated by his answer that he never intended to sell the grounds on which the buildings were erected, because be re quired them for the purposes of his business. Mr: Cooper and Mr. Bethell appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Pem berton and Mr. Girdlestone for the defendant. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The VICE-CHANIELLOR took causes to-day, but no caw possessing any public interest came before his Honour previous to our leaving. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) SHAFTESBURY. The Committee assembled at the usual hour, and were engaged the whole morning in hearing the arguments of Counsel on a legal question relating to the Poor-rates, which will affect a great number of the scot and-lot ♦oters, who are objected to on the ground of non-payment of rates. (T. be concluded in a Second Edition.). LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MARCY 23.—Wind W.—Came down from the River and proceeded, the Edward Barnett, Stewart, for Cadiz ; Tagus (steamer), Symons, for Lisbon; and George Anson, Oakley, for Jamaica. Came down from the River and remain, the Ruckers, Waterhouse, from St. Vincent's; and Campbells, Carrie, from Tobago. PORTSMOUTH, Matto( N.N.W., fine.—Two barques are in sight, working in from the Eastward, supposed the Shepherd, for Swan River, and Wave, for Hobart Town. Sailed the Mediator, Champlin, for New York ; and Catharine, Wilson, for London—having come off Ryde Sand this morning's tide, apparently without damage. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed her Majesty's ship Volage, for Teneriffe; and John Heyes, Hutchinson, for Barbadoes. It has blown very heavy this last 24 hours from the N.N.E. FALMOUTH, Mato' 22.—Wind N. to N.N.E., fresh breeze.— Sailed the Matchless, Falkner, for Malta; Elizabeth, Cuming, for Lis bon ; and Elizabeth, Heddle, for Oporto. HOLYHEAD, MARCH 23.—Arrived off, the England, New York. STUDWELL ROADS, Mmtem 24.—Arrived, Jupiter, Ramsay, Demerara. Donis, M.auce 22.—Arrived, Royal William (steamer), London. LIYILSPOOL, Maacir 23. Wind N., fresh.—Sailed, the Portsmouth, for New York; the Congress, for Havannah ; the Richard Anderson, for Savannah ; the Waterwitch, for Trieste; the Galen, for New Or leans ; the Dampier, for Jamaica ; the Elvira, for Calcutta ; the Au rora, for Cape Breton ; the Convivial, for Genoa ; the Mary Ann and Martha, for Figuera. The Orient, from Bombay, which was on shore in Bootle Bay, has been got off and into dock without much damage. The sloop in distress in Aborgele Bay, yesterday, was the Swan of Glasgow. Rya, Meacit 23.—The Hero, Orsales, from Jersey to Copenhagen, on shore near this harbour, has been got off with little damage. COWES, Maactt 23.—The Norval, Murray, from Newcastle to Smyrna, has come into harbour to stop a leak in the stern. SCARBOROUGU, MARCH 21.—The Balfour, Stranshak, of Hastings, arrived here after being on shore. HULL, Maacu 23.—The Mary Ann Martin, Broughton, from Wis. beach, is the sloop en shore within the Spurn. The , Canby, from Wisbeach was the sloop driven out of the Humber 20th inst , and has not since been heard of. The Waterwitch, of Amllwch, was wrecked near Voell Nant, 21st inst. ; crew saved. The Tyro, Smith, from Ardglass, to Liverpool, is wrecked near Southport. The Hope, of Newcastle, put into Ramsgate leaky, and must dis charge, bound to New Yo.h. The Heyworth, of Reaumaris wa.; on shore near the point or Ay], 20th instant. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Supplies of meat were good of all kinds today, and trade, owing to the weather, was brisk. Prices for Beef and Mutton, 2d. per stone lower. Beef, 21. 6d. to 3s. 6d.; Mutton, 21. Bd. to 3s. Bd.; Veal, 4s. to 55.; Pork, 4s. to as.; Irish, 3s. Gd. to 45.; Eggs, ss. to ss. Gd. per 120. Game and Poultry in decreasing supply. Trade rather lively owing to the weather. Prices in some instances a little higher, but the Mar ket is now getting without Interest. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Cod dear, best worth 21s. ; Turbot, ss. to 21s. ; Soles, 6d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters is very dear ; Mackarel, 6d. to Is. Trade brisk, but the supply not very large. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Fish' not plentiful, and prices rather high. Turbot, ss. and 6s. to 20s. ; Cod, 35. to Bs., 95., 10s.. and higher for very large ; Soles, 9d. to 3v. per pair. Meat in good supply. Beef, 7d. to Bd. ; Mutton, 7d. to 9d. ; Veal, Bd. to 10d, ; Pork, 6 1 ,4 d. to 81d. Vegetables scarce and dear. Hay and Clover firm in price. PROVISION MARKET. The only variation since this day week is in Butter of all kinds, which is 2s. lower. Bacon is firmer, and in some instances more money is obtained. COVENT GARDEN. Supplies short again to.day. Quality inferior and trade very indif ferent. It will be some time before vegetation recovers from the effects of the late severe weather. Prices high. HAY MARKETS. The supplies were today to a fair extent. The demand was mo derate, prices as follow :—on au average Meadow Hay, 90s. and 95%. to 100 s., and for very superior parcels, 105 s. might be got. Clover Hay about 11. higher than Meadow ; Straw 40s. to 445. per load. SILK ➢IARKET. A good business is doing in China Silks, and they have advanced Is. per lb. ; other kinds unaltered. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. today is very flat a t 575. Town Tallow is 60s. to 60s. 6d. OIL MARKET. Southern Oil sold yesterday evening at 26/. 10s., which is 10s. to 20s. lower. Other kinds of Fish Oils are unvaried. Seed Oils are looking better. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MARKETS DURING THE WEEK.' Our daily reports will show that the transactions have on the whole been slender. Both Sugar and Coffee have declined in price, the former Is. 7d., the latter Is. to 39. per cwt. ; but a little check appeared to be given to any further decline yesterday, and business in Sugar was done with more spirit. Of B.P. the sales of the week were 1,500 hhds., or there abouts. Refined Sugar has also declined. Rice and Spices, except Cassia and Pepper, must be quoted easier, and so must Cocoa. Indigo has not altered. Colonial Wool has secured firm prices. The imports on the whole have been moderate; the exports light, for the season; the deliveries for consumption have been large. Rum has been firm, but is not higher. A considerable quantity of Colonial produce, consist ing chiefly of East India dry saltery commodities, is advertised for next week. PRICE OF BREAD. fhe highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 9cl. for the 41b. Loai tiood Bread may be had at 614 d, PRICE OF SEEDS.-March 23. Per Cwt. Per Quarter. ISTPW F.nelith Red C10ver603.753.1005. St. Foin '63. 383 42s Old Ditto Ditto -s. --s. -s Rye (Ira. os.. no.. 2e.. New Foreign Ditto 553. 635. 755. Pacey Grass -s. 40s. 45s Old Ditto Ditto -s. - 3 , -s. Linseed, for feeding ...48s. 50s. --s. New White Clover s6s. 60a. 70s. Ditto, for sawing -s. 525. 56s Old Ditto Ditto -s. --s. -s. Ditto, for crushing -s 445. 475. New Trefoil ll's. 20s. 245. Canary -s 40s. 455. ()Id Ditto -s. 13s. 18s. Hemp -8. 358. 403. ,'refolium 10s. 12s. 14s Per Bushel. lenglish Carraway -. 40s. 465. White Mustard 7s. LI 93. MI. Foreign Ditto -s. 40s. 455. Brown Ditto Coriander -s 12s. 18s Tares 43. 6d, ss. od. R a peseed, fine ;per Last) 28/.321. Forei gn 261. 291. Rapeseed, PRICE OF OIL. R a pe Oil, brown, per ton, 371. N.—Refined, 39'. Os.-Linseed Oil, 271. Os. Linseed Oil Cake at tae Mill, (1000), 13/. Os —Rape Cake, per ton, 5 , PRICES OF , HOPS.—March 23. Farnham Pockets (per cwt.) CI N. 71 Os. to 9/. Os. East Kent Pockets.. 4l 10s. 01. 01.1 to 71 •s. Ditto Bags Ol. Os. 41. Ws. to 61. 6•. hlid Kent Pockets Ditto Bags CI. Os. 41. 6s. to 5/. 12s. Sussex Yearlings CI. Os. 2/. 16s. to 3/, 10. Old Olds PRICES OF POTATOI York Reds (from vessel) Scotch Reds ditto Kidneys Jerseys ES AT SPITALFIELDS 01. Os. to 51 Os. per ton. 31. 10s. to 41. N ditto 01. Os. to 41. 10s. ditto 31. Os. to 31. 15s. ditto PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. 1 Crop Hides, 30 to 401 b each 10„ 13 40 50 50 60 •Sull Hides Butts, Vitriol -- English l4 24 -- Foreign .... Foreign Hides lO 12 Dressing Hides Shaved .... 12 13 Best Saddlers Hides ......... 14 16 Horse Hides, English .... 10 13 • If rounded 2d. t LEATHER. Per lb d. to d. Horse Hides, German lO 21 Spanish Calf Skins, 30 to 40Ib. (doz )*I4 18 40 51 1 •15 21 ——5 O •16 21 ---- 70 100 •14 i'o Seal Skins, large ll 15 - small 2O "22 .... .._ Kips Basils 7 12 Bellies Shoulders 7 13 o 4d par lb more PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Town Tallow sls. Gd. Yellow Soap Yellow Russia White —s. Od. Curd —s. 0:1 Soap Ditto _ s . Od. Graves , as. 01, Melting Stuff '37s. Od. Good Dregs ........t‘,. Ditto Rough 24s. Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per sio4e otStb. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) PRICE OF CANDLES. -- The price of good Store Canslles iv. the Retail Shops is as follews Candles, per clozeit, 7s. Gd. ; inferior, Gs. 6a.--51aulds, a ; pd; Sixpence per dozen discoutit f'ir __---- MACKARET.,.-This day week mackarel were sold at Falmouth eight for a shilling. There is every appearance of a good season, FINE ARTS, BATTLE OF ARBELA. We yesterday attended a private view of one of the most extraordinary works of art we ever witnessed. It is a plastic representation of the Battle of Arbela, embossed 111 high relief out of a thin plate of copper, from Lebrun's celebrated painting. This chef-d'ceuvre has, we understand, been already exhibited to her Majesty, the Duke of Sussex, and several other illustrious and eminent personages, by al of whom it has been pronounced unrivalled. It will be publicly exhibited at the Egyptian Hall on Tuesday, the 2d of April, when we are quite certain that it wil prove the most attractive work of art of the day• The embossed figures on the copper, which are re markable for their number and variety, are worked up with the most extraordinary skill and precision the anatomy is perfect, and the whole work teem s with spirit, expression and character. We examined it closely, and found that it would bear the most micros copic scrutiny. Considering that the copper on which this chej:d'auvre is worked, is only one inch thick, the extent to which it recedes in some places, and is brought forward in others, is truly wonderful. It is the production, we are in formed, of a German artist, who was for seven years busily and uninterruptedly engaged on it, and whose readY skill must have been not less remarkable than his patience and perseverance ; for had he made but one false step, committed but one inaccuracy, the copper woul d have been spoiled ; the evil without remedy ; and be him self would have had to commence his arduous task all over again. For life, variety, spirit, and that high, imaginative character, with which the rarest genius alone can imbue its glowing product ions, we consider this embossed work of art as by far the finest thing of the sort we ever met with. PORTRAITS OF THE QUEEN AND THE DUCHESS OF KENT. These paintings, -the original drawings for which w ere yesterday opened for a private view, at which we were pre sent, were executed by Chalon at the express command of her Majesty. They are full of ease and unstudied grac e ' more especially the portrait of her Majesty, which, in ad dition to the striking resemblance it bears to the fair original, is painted in a style worthy of the courtly Law" rence. The stone drawings from these paintings by Lane, are, in their limited line, equally deserving of praise CHURCH-RATES. SEIZURES IN DUDLEY DURING THE YEAR 1 07 ' Brown, James, Quaker, Confectioner, two barrels of gr a p th value 21. 10s., seized for I2s. Id. value Beasley, Thomas, Baptist, Schoolmaster, two desks, 41. 10s., seized for 2s. Id. Bridgewater, Joseph, Quaker, Malister, Malt, value 4/ 65 " seized for 21. 11s. Cook, Samuel, Independent, Draper, three pair of blan k et 5 P value 21. 55., seized for 17s. 1 Id. Hill, Thomas, Independent, shoe-seller, ten pair of shoes value 31. 103., seized for 9s. 7d. tcb, Houston, William, Independent, Pawnb r oker, one W a Yallle 21. 10s., seized for 10s. 10d. Lay, Benjamin and Sons, Quakers, Grocers, cheese, Ya 3/. seized for I/. 12s. 6d. lue Pitchfork, Joseph, Unitarian, Schoolmaster, two tables , " 21. 25., seized for 3s. 6d. vale Rogers, Richard, Independent, Clockmaker, one clock , 51., seized for 9s. 7d. value Wood, Edward, Independent, Pawnbroker, one watc h, 31., seized for 14s. 7d. valu e Wood, W. C., Unitarian, Grocer, loaves of sugar, 8/. 6s. 6d., seized for 3/. bs. c lots Williams, John and Brothers, Quakers, Millers, two P ° of hops, 11/. Iseized for 4/. 14s. 2d. 0 1 5. , Williams, John, Quaker, Miller, barometer, value. Ji. seized for 11. 10s. 2d. Total value of goods seized £s6 15s. 6a. Amount of Rate seized for l7 13'. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE- PORTSMOUTH, March 23.—1 n the Harbour, the Britanhollißt: 120, flag-ship, Victory, 104, Ordinary guard -ship , Excel,iP gunnery-ship, Nautilus, 10, Apollo and Atholl , troop"au Fanny, Emerald, and Gossamer, tenders. In Dock, the Roy al George yacht. Arrivals and sailing of men-of-war during the wee.— the anchored at Spithead, her Majesty's sloop Lily, from ot wreck of the Pincher.-20th, came into harbour the Coln the'lll steam-vessel, together with the lighters and people frfin , v " Owers," the weather entirely preventing their doing any thing towards raising the unfortunate schooner, Pinhe r ; anchored at Spithead her Majesty's new corvette, the Model from the eastward.-21st, sailed the Columbia steam-yes ,c ; fnr th e river —92 d. the Lily, 16, and Modesto, 18, p ro ceed' u from Spithead, as is supposed, for a short trial cruize. The Acteon, 26, Captain the Right non. Lord Edwara Russell was paid off into ordinary on Wednesday last. of Captain Deans Dundas, (having accepted the Clerkship the Ordnance,) is expected to resign the command of tb Britannia in the beginning of next week ; several officers ha° been named as likely to succeed him. A meeting of officers of the Royal Navy and Marines wa! held here yesterday, at. which Admiral Sir Philip C. per ham, G. C. 8., presided, for the purpose of raising subscrir tions to erect a monument to the memory of Lord Nelson. tes , The Apollo and Atholl are fitting up wir:h great igP A a for so as to be ready to receive on board the Guards destcline— Canad a. A c t IRISH CONSTABULARY.—Previous to the of 1836, this force consisted of two branches : one called the Peace Preservation Police, organized under a statute giv ing . the appointment of the constables to the Local 3 14 e' strac a Y ssii the other branch was called the County Pu llee i the constables were appointed by the Provinci al an d spectors. In 1836, both branches were conselida teas placed under the charge of Colonel Kennedy b in n s „ P "g c e tor-general, to whom was transferred all, the a cal formerly held by the local magistracy, or 'oy the P, r° „ v o " s c t inspectors. All sub-constables, constabls,s, and head --n e a n, blew are appointed by the inspector-general without exceP - r a s but the chief constables are appointed by the Govertlo', 61 ;0 4 ea. has ever been the case, for the are cornroiss'inecle, officers. And it never was intended, or Pr °lll ,,, g sor - that these officers should be named by the !OP" - e d general, although the Lord-lieutenant has always rei ti ' the , the Inspector-general to report on the fitness os • gentlemen appointed chief constables, giving him a sort e't el ; It is understood that Colonel Kennedy tins resigned tseet.use t f evidence which he deemed sufficient to require the s i .sistr-iiss ti (), of subordinate officer, was not in the opinion of the law advise r- o. the Crown, strong enough to imply so severe punishillue-rt, Nothing is more common than for the sr martial being modified by superior authe x ity, without all. ' t he peachment of the honour, good judgrdent, or ' integrity °L ev er Court. Resignations by the C'jurt are, however, s heard of ; but if offered, their ac,ce ta c would be as 111°- y matter of routine duty, as was `.:ti a t of P Colonel nc Shaw K enried .anAd.others sntence of a C°. 0 ,,, D ptt The important case ssf " Baron de Haber v. Carlos, Gregory, Scale,d ti e A fveani,ttseir Wasters, sum of nearly sixty thousand pounds, d to 0 Catholic Majesty, appointed to be heard this morn ing ' " been A p l o e s t t t p e o r n o e d f forathe Trades' Combination ,fno” Gower, ar tfaoi d N rv e ita p ini h ecc e er w senic s ra , ornya a e_i n ert a ytee - of: t i c ! the Working Classes is in type, and will 1 appear o ° ll M e . nci° r l i;-• MASQUERADE AT THE VICTORIA THE"- tye -Last night the masquerade, which had been some daY s , t ,' tb° viously announced, took place, but did not go off ' l6 ;iber a eclat anticipated by the visitants and the proprietor. n in was a very thin attendance of charact er s, mostly, 0' an ferior description—the only Ones worth notice 'being . , s ts. of two Chinese mandarins, and Mr. PicksvicVs faith'`istio teedset Sammiv.l-" The dances were ur' der the 54 je ; l to \ tendance of Signor de Louise, wh o ev i ncr 4 greats tlfte amusement,e render the evening one of amusement, but we failed in giving general satisfaction. Littl e e xpense had bu t spared by Mr. Levi, the spirited manager of the theatre'virs it is to be regretted a want of patr onage on this occasion tro doubtless leave him without a return for his labours' thi s wards twelve o'clock the attendance increased, bu t r , t cha hour there were not more than 100 persons, ine ludirg 00 e, ratters and dominoes. The supper, w hi c h was fixed f°. ol' s was most tastefully arranged, but previous to the COutP d to retiring to take refreshment, our reporter was oblienine leave, so we only speak front appearances—th'sse a t.4l times deceitful. A fe° DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CIIEL po lice minutes before three o'clock yesterday rr orning, as °ad' constable Goulding, T 155, was on duty . in the N ed - wi th Chelsea, he perceived a quan •of ): • ilCe quantity smoke, utterly f sparks, issuing from th e back part of the remises ° ,, t this James Parrott, car man an d carr i er, No, 2, sp in ”nrf CroP ss -street , „ - g his back of North-street, Sloane-street, He i n stantly a t'ole rattle and raised an alarm, when, for some minutes noti e : tr oed inmates appearing, a young roan, named Strickl and, is; up stairs, and soon appeared with Mr. Parrott, set"' l n site al upwards of 70 years of age, on his back. Having, tit'lLorti him in safety, he again rushed up stairs, and, at.. the t. "`" for of his own life, succeeded in rescuing Mrs. Pa s lot, vin e ,.' 0 0 4 some time, had been bed-ridden. By that t'one Fu ller auti Tripp, T 149 and 141, having observed the fire while °lgor in Hyde-park, reached the spot with the engine of ,_ s ; t ' h Orel garet's, West m i ns t er , stat i one d at K n i g l ssts b r idge, sylif,,o l / immediately got in to o p era ti on , there I se i n g a plenti ft "t the of water from th e pl ugs o f th e Ch e l sea waterworks; but flames raged with such fury that the whole of the P"". 0 th° were speedily one body of fire, threatening destructioy mr• adjoining houses of Mi. Martin, bricklayer, No. 1, a n of Gardiner, No. 3, and i ‘ n the rear, to the extensive bres% w ee Mr, White, whioit extends from North-stre et to tile vi b o o, by the v lb oxa r t ma c r e ly x , er h t o io w ti o s v o u f r, th t hee firemen,engin e theso o soon firearrives u r i o_t ;0 , 4 ; der about five o'clock. The whole of Mr. Parrott 's p which are insured in the Phoenix Fire-office, are destt ° ' Ilfs The bosses and va ns are a ll saved, having st arted foe' a, bridge about twenty minutes before the fire was , d; s teol l e re' H oo f NORTHERN MEMBERS.—Not one j i the l o os sentatives of our Northern counties or burg' ,, s, in the Of' of Commons, voted for the repeal of the 'Corn-laws, ° Villiers's motion of Thursday last. —lncespess Couril